Thirty exciting ideas which use technology to give opportunities to the most vulnerable and excluded people across Europe were explored and developed this week at the European Social Innovation Competition academy in Madrid.
Against a backdrop of Brexit and grumblings about the EU in French and Dutch politics, the European Commission is pushing forward support for social enterprise in Europe. Suzanna Sobolewska reports.
We may have had a massive falling out, writes James Perry, but that doesn't mean we have to split up. Maybe we can resolve our differences and find a way of getting our relationship back on track.
"How can Britain move from responding to an immediate crisis to taking a long-term approach to integrating refugees and asylum seekers into British life?" Simon Rowell from Big Society Capital considers whether social investment could play a part.
There is a "leadership vacuum" in the debate on whether the UK should stay in or leave the European Union. "We must make our decision in that context," writes James Perry.
Opportunities arising from EU enthusiasm, the sharing economy and the new UK government's economic agenda are there for the taking if you're a social enterprise, says London-based academic Alex Murdock.
“Every breakdown in global markets is a valuable lesson.” Professor Boleslaw Rok from Warsaw's Kozminski University describes the social enterprise scene in Poland, what it takes to be a social entrepreneur and "MAD" goals.
